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Love Songs

2/8/2019, 19 Tracks, 1:05:12

Featuring

  • The King's Singers
  • Ira Gershwin
  • Randy Newman
  • John Legend
  • Harold Arlen
  • Anonymous (Traditional)
  • Sophie Frances Cook
  • Paul Simon
  • Richard Rodgers
  • Georges Auric
  • Charles Trenet
  • Jerome Kern
  • Stephen Stills
  • Harry Warren
  • Victor Young

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Recording & Production

The recordings on this album span 10 years, from 2007 to 2017, and feature eleven different King's Singers across four different line-ups.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The King's Singers have received numerous accolades, including two Grammy® Awards, an Emmy® Award, and a place in Gramophone magazine's inaugural Hall of Fame.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This album, "Love Songs," is a compilation of favorite tracks recorded by The King's Singers over the last two decades, drawn from their back catalogue with Signum Records.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The 19 tracks on this album come from five different King's Singers albums: "Simple Gifts" (2008), "Swimming over London" (2010), "The Great American Songbook" (2013), "Postcards" (2014), and "Gold" (2017).

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The King's Singers have a strong commitment to creating new music, commissioning works from notable composers like Sir John Tavener, Toru Takemitsu, John Rutter, Luciano Berio, Nico Muhly, György Ligeti, and Eric Whitacre.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The King's Singers were founded on May 1, 1968, by six recently-graduated choral scholars from King's College Cambridge, maintaining a consistent vocal line-up of two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones, and a bass.

Source: Booklet

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